Cybersecurity Researcher Addresses 'Misplaced' Fears: Q&A with Professor Fred H. Cate
December 19, 2006
<i>The Privacy and Data Protection Legal Reporter</i> spoke recently with Professor Fred H. Cate, distinguished professor of law and adjunct professor of informatics at Indiana University, in Bloomington, IN, about what he sees as the hyperbole that, at times, overtakes the public discussion about ID theft and electronic security. As the director of Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, Cate is a leading researcher and consultant on issues such as phishing, consumers' use of passwords, and cybersecurity.
Online Banking's Battle Against Phishing
December 19, 2006
Online banking, which has seen explosive growth in recent years, has made it faster, cheaper, and more convenient than ever before for consumers to manage their financial affairs. It also holds the promise of significant cost savings for the financial services industry, as rising numbers of customers are expected to shift from over-the-counter services to online transactions.
Web Sites' CDA '230 Immunity: An Ever-Expanding Universe?
December 19, 2006
The federal Communications Decency Act of 1996 ('CDA') immunizes Web site operators and other interactive computer service providers from liability for third parties' tortious acts. Pub Law No. 104-104 (Feb. 8, 1996) 110 Statutes at Large 56 '509, codified at 47 U.S.C. '230. 47 U.S.C. '230 shields providers and users of interactive computer services from responsibility for third-party content.
China's World Trade Compliance
November 30, 2006
Board of Editors member, Prof. Usha Haley, spoke at the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on China's World Trade Compliance. In Part One, she addressed subsidies, their forms and complications. In Part Two, she covers how profitable and available those subsidies are and how profitable companies are that serve the China market.
Court Watch
November 30, 2006
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
The Best of MLF 2006
November 30, 2006
As 2006 comes to a close ' and in keeping with tradition ' we will take a look back at the topics that defined this past year in the areas of marketing, business development, media and, most recently, management issues.
Cast Your Browser Vote: Firefox 2.0 or IE 7?
November 29, 2006
All across America, citizens were recently asked to choose between two popular candidates. Not Democrat versus Republican, but Firefox 2.0 versus Internet Explorer 7. With major upgrades released for each of these popular Web browsers, the question for netizens is: 'Which should get my vote?'
Net News
November 29, 2006
Gamblers Take Aim at Internet Ban <br>Internet Mom's Kids Sued for Downloading Over 1000 Songs<br>Major Study Claims 1% of All Web Sites Sexually Explicit
Courts Step Up to Plate in Battle Against Spyware
November 29, 2006
Several months ago, the New York attorney general filed suit in a New York state court seeking an injunction against Direct Revenue LLC enjoining the firm from secretly installing spyware or sending ads through already installed spyware. <i>New York v. Direct Revenue LLC</i>, No. 401325/06 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.). The suit has resulted in public disclosure of some of the most reviled Internet marketing tactics by a company that recently claimed it had changed its evil ways and has resulted in allegations of financial connections to some 'good guy' Internet behemoths such as Yahoo, Vonage, MySpace and others.
